Sky Go for Samsung Galaxy Note and ICS handsets 'in the next few weeks'

Testing in progress

The Sky Go Android app is going through the final stages of testing and should be ready for more handsets in the next couple of weeks.

This is according to a TechRadar source, who reckons a number of Samsung handsets will be added to the Sky Go roster and it will also be available for ICS-enabled devices.

Sky has done a decent job with Sky Go on Android, but drip-feeding the app on to only Samsung and HTC handsets isn't ideal. Dig a little deeper, though, and there seems to be a good reason for this.

Sky can't port Sky Go on to a handset which has HDMI out as it would breach its broadcasting contract. It also has to deal with varying screen resolutions and media players – so it is offering the app to select phones that fall within these constraints.